I wake up to a thud on the floor and Derek is cursing.
"What the fuck?" He rolls off the bed.
I bust out laughing knowing fully what happened. I push the sheet off and stand up. Derek is intently staring at the bed.
"I swear I put it together the right way." He says.
"Derek it's fine. We will fix it. Laugh a little, please!" I say nudging his shoulder.
His arms fling around me and he starts tickling me. I'm laughing so hard at this point I almost pee myself so I run off to the bathroom and he's following me, so I shut the door in his face laughing. He waits until he hears the toilet flush and flings the door open and runs toward me lifting me into the air.
It's been two weeks since we've moved here and things are going really well. We've settled in and unpacked mostly everything. Mama and Papa decided that I should help run the winery.
I decided to go for a walk since it was semi warm out and saw an old building on the property. It had a worn sign that said bed and breakfast. I walked up to the steps and turned the knob to the door. Surprisingly the door opens. Looks like it's been closed for years! A cute little desk on the left of the hallway with one of those bells you push to get someone's attention with cob webs attached to it. Keys still hung on the wall, but one was missing it was room 3. I descended the stairs to the second floor and found door 3. Trying the knob it was locked so I moved onto the next room and the door opened. Suddenly I hear foot steps come up behind me.
"Can I help you?" A mans voice asks.
I turn around surprised. "I'm sorry, do you own this place?"
"No I don't. I was hired by the older couple that run the winery to do the annual check on the pipes and furnace."
"Oh! Ok. I'm Ella I'm their grandson Derek's girlfriend."
"Oh little Derek didn't know he was in town?"
"We actually moved here a few weeks ago."
"So Derek finally decided to help them out."
"I suppose." I chuckle. "I kind of talked him into it."
"Well good! Will you be helping out as well?"
"Yep I've officially accepted to step up and help. So this was a bed and breakfast?"
"I'm so sorry. I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Ethan I'm the handy man they call when they need help. They hire me for a week at a time and I always stay here in room 3."
"Well nice to meet you. Why isn't this place up and running?"
"Well right now it's only the 2 of them. Trust me they took a huge hit closing this place down. I offered to get it cleaned up but they weren't making enough to keep it running."
"Well maybe with the help we can get it going again. I have a friend that I may be able to talk into buying a house this way and they can help too."
"Sounds like you have some bright ideas Ella. I'll tell you what, I'll be here a few more days so I'll started getting it cleaned up but don't tell Mary and Chey. Honestly there isn't much that needs done. There's two big washers and two big dryers so I'll get the blankets washed."
"Well let's get moving then!" I say excitedly and Ethan looks at me confused. "What you don't think you'll do it all on your own do you?"
There's 8 rooms but only 7 need cleaned up since Ethan's staying in a room. So we go room for room and strip the beds. Ethan takes a load down at a time. One washer holds each set. Ethan comes back and says for me to go ahead and head home so it's not suspicious.
